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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCCOY, OF MAYSVILLE, GEORGIA.

COTTON-CHOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed August 2,1906. Serial No. 328,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoCoY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Maysville, in the county of Banks and State of Georgia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will onableothers skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cotton choppers and consistsof the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character in which the cutters may be readily adjusted to cut orblock the cotton as may be desired.

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood are accomplished by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved cotton chopper; Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectionalview upon the plane indicated by the line 3 -3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view showing a portion of the transverse beam of thechopper or blocker and two of its scrapers.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes a longitudinallyextending draft beam having secured at its upper end handles 2 andadjacent to its front end upon its under side a transversely extendingangular bar 3. This bar is bent adjacent to its center to provide thetwo outwardly and rearwardly diverging arms 4 and it is adjustablyclamped upon the beam 1 by means of two U-shaped bolts or clips 5. TheseU-shaped bolts 5 are arranged upon opposite sides of the beam 1 and havetheir upper, threaded ends passed through apertured plates 6 arrangedtransversely upon the top of the beam 1. Nuts 7 upon the threaded endsof the bolts 5 securely clamp the bar 3 upon beam 1, but to preventslipping of the former upon the latter, I also preferably providediagonal braces 8. The latter have their inner apertured ends 9 crossingeach other beneath the beam 1 and secured thereto by a bolt or the like10 passed vertically through the beam and the apertures in the braces.The outer ends of the braces 8 are curved or bent outwardly as shownatlO and are securely clamped beneath the plates 11 of U-shaped clips orbolts 12 arranged upon the arms 4 of the bar 3. These clips or clamps 12are arranged at suitable intervals along said arms 4 and are adapted toadjustably secure thereon a plurality of standards 13, which are made ofresilient metal and carry upon their lower ends scraper blades 14.

As shown, each of the standards 13 is in the form of a flat, resilientmetal bar curved longitudinally and having its upper forward end passedbetween one of the plates 11 and the top of one of the arms 4 and it isthen bent downwardly as shown at 15 to engage the front edge of saidarm.

The lower rear end of each of the standards 13 is formed with a slot 16,as shown in Fig. 2, to receive a bolt 17 which adjustably clamps thescraper 14 upon said standard. While thescrapers 14 may be of anydesired form and construction, I preferably make them as shown in thedrawing and arrange the standards 13 in pairs so that the scrapers ofeach pair overlap each other-as will be seen upon reference to Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. It will be understood however, that the standards andscrapers may be arranged in any other suitable manner according to thework it is desired the implement to perform, since each ofSaidstandards' is independently adjustable upon the arms of the bar 3.Also arrangedupon the arms 4 are clips or clamps 18 which are similar tothe devices 12 and are adapted to clamp upon the said arm, the bent ends19 of forwardly extending links 20. The latter have their hooks or eyesat their forward ends engaged with apertures in the outer ends of twodraft bars 21. These bars have their inner ends which cross each otherbeneath the beam 1, adjustably secured thereto by a vertically extendingbolt or the like 22 which passes through an opening in the beam 1 andthe alinin g openings 23 formed in said bars 21. The outer ends of thebars 21 are reduced and bent to form spiral hooks or eyes 24 to whichmay be attached suitable connections for the draft animal or animals.

A ground wheel 25 is journaled between two vertical arms 26 which havetheir upper ends adjustably secured upon the opposite sides of the beamadjacent to its front end. The adjustable mounting for the arms orstandards 26 is preferably effected by forming in their upper portionslongitudinally extending slots 27 to receive transverse belts or thelike 28 passed through the openings of the beam 1, as clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3. By adjusting this standard it will be seen that thescrapers may be caused to enter the ground to a greater orless extent,as desired.

The construction, use, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings. I

It will be seen that by adjusting the clip or clamps 12 upon the arms ofthe beam 3 the scrapers may be arranged in pairs or singly at anydesired distance apart according to the space it is desired to leave between the cotton plants.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A cotton chopper comprising a beam, an angle bar disposedtransversely on said beam and having outwardly and rearwardly divergingarms, clips for clamping said bar upon said beam, standards having bentends to engage said arms, clips for clamping said standards upon saidarms, scrapers carried by said standards, and a ground Wheel for saidbeam.

2. A cotton chopper comprising a beam, an angle bar disposedtransversely on said beam andhaving outwardly and rearwardly divergingarms, clips for clamping said bar upon said beam, standards having bentends to engage said arms, clips for clamping said standards upon saidarms, scrapers carried by said standard, a ground Wheel for said beam,and braces having their outer ends-engaged with said clips and theirinner ends connected to'said beam.

3. A cotton chopper comprising a beam, an angle bar disposedtransversely on said beam and having outwardly and rearwardly divergingarms, clips for clamping" said bar upon said beam, standards-having bentends to engage said arms, clips for clamping said standards upon saidarms, scrapers carried by said standards, a ground Wheel adjustablymounted upon said beam, braces for said arms having their inner endsadjustably secured to said beam and their outer open ends engaged withsaid clips, draft bars adjustably connected to said beam, linksconnectedto said draft bar, and clips for connecting said links to saidarms.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN MCCOY.

Witnesses J. W. SMITH, H. B. DAVID.

